Day 1 of Event #10: $1,500 Limit Hold'em is set to begin in a half hour or so in both the Orange Section of the Amazon Room and the Red Section of the Brasilia Room.
With the blinds and limit so slow, catching notable hands is a challenge. We just canvassed the tournament floor trying to catch something, but to no avail; nonetheless, we did discover some new faces in the field.
Two days ago, Event 13: $1,500 Limit Hold'em of the 2012 World Series of Poker began with 730, which created a $985,500 prize pool.
Wow. After a long time playing four handed, we have reached a speedy conclusion to this final table! Action started with David Arsht, and he raised it up. Stephen Hung called, and the flop came down .
After a few hours where Al Barbieri was the only thing keeping the rail awake, we have just had a ridiculous hand that sent the whole rail and the players into a frenzy. David Arsht raised it up, and Donald Auger raised all in.
Action folded to David Arsht and he continued to apply pressure with a raise. Donald Auger defended from the big and even called a bet on the flop, but when Arsht fired on the turn, Auger shook his head and released his hand.
David Arsht has not let his foot off the gas since we got back from the break, and he is starting to pull away from his three opponents. On the first hand Al Barbieri raised in the cutoff, and Arsht three bet in the small blind.
Al Barbieri raised from the button and David Arsht defended from the big blind. The flop saw Arsht check and Barbieri bet. Arsht then check-raised and Barbieri looked perplexed.
Stephen Hung raised in the small blind, and David Arsht called in the big. The flop came down , and Hung bet out. Arsht called, and the turn was the . Hung check called a bet from Arsht, and the same thing happened on the river, the .
Stephen Hung limped in under the gun, and David Arsht raised on the button. The blinds folded, and Hung made the call. The flop came down , and Hung check called a bet from Arsht. The turn was the , and Hung checked again.
David Arsht opened under the gun and Donald Auger called from the button. Both blinds got out of the way and Arsht fired out on the flop. Auger made the call and then raised when Arsht bet the turn.
David Arsht raised from the button, and Glenn Engelbert and Donald Augar called in the blinds. The flop came down, and it was checked to Arsht. He fired out a bet, and Engelbert instantly raised. Auger folded, but Arsht called.
To say it's been an exciting ride for Glenn Engelbert in the last ten minutes would be putting it mildly. After doubling through Stephen Hung, Engelbert squared off against David Arsht in back-to-back hands.
David Arsht raised in early position, and Al Barbieri defended his big blind. The flop came down , and the fireworks went off. Barbieri bet out, and Arsht raised.
Ben Landowski raised under the gun only to have David Arsht three-bet from the button. Both blinds got out of the way, Landowski called and it was heads-up action to the flop.
David Arsht put in a raise from middle position and was called by Jeff Weiss and Al Barbieri, who were in the small and big blinds respectively. Action then checked to Arsht on the flop and he put out a bet.
Action folded all the way around to David Arsht in the small blind, and he raised it up. Glenn Engelbert defended his big blind, and the flop came down . Arsht led out, and Engelbert called.
David Arsht brought it in with a raise from early position and cleared the field all the way to Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri in the big blind. The latter not only called there, but proceeded to check-call bets on the flop and turn.
Action folded to David Arsht in the small blind, and he raised. Charles Tucker three bet from the big blind, and Arsht called. The flop came down , and Tucker got the rest of his short stack in against Arsht, who made the call.
Action folded around to Lori Kirgan on the button and she put in a raise. Leonid Bilokur made the call and then checked the flop. Kirgan obliged with a bet, Bilokur check-raised and Kirgan three-bet her last 4,000.
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